How Will You Respond?
/I want to share with you what’s on my heart today.
My day started with some really weird news, and it threw me for a loop. I started to spin out thinking of all the awful things that could possibly come from this twenty-word text. I watched my cheerfulness slide into sadness, despair and fear.
When I noticed the change in my mood, I had a choice. I could let that take over my Monday. Or I could do something different.
I chose to go for a walk. I put on a podcast by one of my favorite life coaches and I got exactly what I needed.
I literally got called out by name because of a review I wrote weeks ago. This life coach said I was one of her favorite people and seeing my name gave her joy.
I’m not saying that to brag, I’m saying that because I got called out and I got called up. That coach sees me, sees my gift and knows I have a lot of goodness to bring.
I am here to bring joy. I don’t have to fall into sadness and self-pity. There are people out there who know me well enough, look forward to hearing from me and need some joy.
Can I be real with you? I’ve been feeling sadness, despair, fear and self-pity for a while now. I have felt really lost and confused. I have been dealing with it with therapy and lots of self-coaching and long conversations with people who care about me.
I knew I didn’t like where I was but I didn’t know how to get what I wanted. Or even how to identify what I wanted. I just knew that this wasn’t it.
Today I realized how much I can bring right now. And I get to choose. And I choose joy.
“Life is a series of moments in time. Life is a series of now, after now, after now.” -Allyson Byrd
Right now, I want you to know that this feeling you may have right now isn’t permanent. You will get another now, and another, and another.
What do you want to feel right now?
Whatever it is, you can create it. One moment at a time.